Report of three patients with Amyand’s hernia

Authors

  • Eduardo Elias Díaz González Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Rafael Fleites Pérez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

hernia, inguinal, diagnostic techniques, surgical

Abstract

Three cases operated on for a rare variety of hernia are reported. It is called Amyand’s hernia. It occurs in 1% of inguinal hernias in adults, and the inflamed appendix has been found in 11 out of 8 962 cases of appendicitis. The diagnosis was carried out in the trans-operative in all cases. All patients evolved well and only one of them required a polypropylene mesh using the Jeans Rives technique, due to the vast destruction of the posterior wall, without post-operative septic complications beyond cellulitis, which was resolved on an outpatient basis. In all three cases the biopsy indicated acute appendicitis within the hernia sac.

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Author Biographies

Eduardo Elias Díaz González, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Cirugía General. Máster en Urgencias Médicas. Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Rafael Fleites Pérez, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Cirugía General. Profesor Instructor de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

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Díaz González EE, Fleites Pérez R. Report of three patients with Amyand’s hernia. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2012 Feb. 24 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];6(1):49-54. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/710

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2012): Special Supplement on Surgery

Section

Case Reports

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